[AT] 1955 farm equipment films

[Bigdog]

I'd be interested in a DVD.

Bigdog
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: seithr at denison.edu 
  To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
  Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 6:09 PM
  Subject: [AT] 1955 farm equipment films


  Hi All --

  This is a fishing expedition of sorts.

  I recently acquired a mass of 16 mm film footage of farm equipment, shot back in
  1955. It's all from middle Pennsylvania, in color, silent, and in very good
  detail. Plowing, harrowing, planting, forage harvesting, manure spreading,
  hay-making, etc., etc., etc. Mostly Minneapolis-Moline tractors, but some John
  Deere, some Farmall. Also some footage of the Penn State ag campus, which was
  celebrating its centennial in 1955. Cattle, silos, and stuff like that.

  A professor friend at the college where I work put it up on an editing machine
  to view it with me, and he says the condition is fine. Glorious Kodachrome from
  50 years ago. The colors are wonderful. He can help me get it transferred to a
  digital format from which we can strike off copies in either VHS or DVD.

  I'm asking whether folks would be interested in copies of this historic stuff.
  My buddy and I could edit it all into maybe 30-45 minutes of viewing time, drop
  in a little sound, and make it available on tape or disc.

  I need to know of potential interest before I proceed. The transfer to digital,
  if done right, costs a few hundred dollars. I'd like to keep the cost of copies
  to around $20, if I could.

  If you think you might be interested, please drop me a line in the next few
  days. We will be making the decision about the digital conversion then.

  It's cool stuff. Took me back to my childhood.

  Bob Seith
  1953 Farmall Cub

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